Thursday May 30th – The final full day of debate and votes ended today at the Shaw Center.
The first item of the day were the elections for the position of National President and National Executive Vice President. For the position of National President, the declared candidates were Sharon DeSousa and Alisha Campbell while Patrick Bourassa was nominated from the floor. Sharon DeSousa was successful in her bid, winning the PSAC presidency on the first ballot with the following results:
Sharon DeSousa: 355
Alisha Campbell: 175
Patrick Bourassa: 35
As for the National Executive Vice President, three members were seeking the election: Alex Silas, Wendy-Ann Moulton and Amanda Wakeford. The results were as follows:
Alex Silas: 418
Wendy-Ann Moulton 44
Amanda Wakeford 104
A video paying tribute to Chris Aylward, outgoing National President, was shown and several union members went to the microphone to pay tribute to Aylward.
During the lunch hour, participants took to the streets to defend Canada’s Public Health Care system. Canada’s public health care system is part of the national fabric and unifies our great country. We will defend it.
The following resolutions were adopted:
NEGO-022A FPSLRA – NOTICE TO BARGAIN & PUBLIC INTEREST COMMISSION (creates $0.01 dues increase per member/per month)
NEGO-029 MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING
The following resolutions were defeated:
GEN-092 PHOENIX INQUIRY AND DAMAGES
GEN-092 FEDERAL PUBLIC SECTOR LABOUR RELATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT BOARD
The following resolution was tabled:
NEGO-025 HARASSMENT COMPLAINT PROCESS
Stay tuned for a full recap of resolutions that were adopted and resulted in a union dues increase to be published tomorrow.